Garment support



G. car-:El-:NBERG GARMENT. SUPPORT June 7, 1932.

Filed July 2, 1930 INVENTOR ATTORNEY' Patented June 7, 1932 PATENT oFFlcJE G-EZA GBEENBEBG, F NEW YORK, N. Y. j

` app'ucaton mea my 2, 1930. serial nu. 465,286.

The present invention relates particularly to mens garment supports, which will take the place of and eliminate the need for belts, suspenders, or equivalent conventional trouser supporting mediums.

While the invention is broadly applicable, it relates particularly to garment support arranged to connect trousers to shirt, to the end that the trousers will be effectively maintained in elevated position, while the shirt is retained in proper ppsition and against wrinkling, creasing, or lousing effect. This invention is an `improvement on my prior Patent No. 1,693,030, issued November 27, as 1928. y y

It is among the more general objects of the invention to provide an inexpensive and efficient trouser support which is applicable to supportthe trousers from a shirt and to 2o distribute the 'supporting strain throughout the material of the shirt in such manner as to avoid concentrated strains on the shirt material and in such manner as to prevent wrinkling or blousing of the shirt.

One of the more specific objects is to provide an improved means for supporting a pair of trousers from a shirt, which may be readily applied and removed from the trousers without the use of the conventional suspender buttons of the trouser waistband.

Another object isl to provide a garment' sup ort of the character set forth, which may be ormedduring the manufacture of the garment and permanently applied to the waistband thereof.

Another obj ect is to provide a garment support formed durin the manufacture of the trousers, which will e applicable to the waistband thereof without any modification of 40 present waistband constructions.

Y Another object is to provide a securing -medium for trousers, which is wholly encased and protected against contact of its metal portions with the body or garments of the wearer.

Another object is to provide a garment support com rising a small self-contained and protecte structure which ma be readily applied to a trouser waistband an which will eifectively prevent accidental displacement which will further be applicable with or of the' trousers with respect to the shirt, and

Without conventional supporting devices, .iv

such as'belts, Suspenders or the like.

Other objects include the provision of a simple, strong, effective, and easily operable supporting unit which will carry out the above desiderata and which is particularly v designed to meet the demands of economic manufacture.

While the present invention, in its broader jacent the central aperture thereof and bec tween the sides of the casing a bent wire keyhole loop, to which is attached a limber tab including an end button receivable through 'the wider portion of the a erture and movable upwardly therein to e locked within a narrow portion thereof, the arrangement being such that the lower extremities of the shirt may be secured between the loop and tab, whereby the shirt and trousers willbe retained in their desired relationshi `the` weight of the trousers being effective y distributed over the neck and shoulder portions of the shirt so that strain is equall divided and so that wrinkling or creasing o the shirt is avoided, the support of the trousers being combined with shirt retention, whereby unsightly blousing effect is avoided and the shirt is retained in smooth, unwrinkled po-l sition.

In the accompanying drawin in which is shown some of the various possi le embodiments of the several features of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic representation showing the device on a small scale as employed 1n use.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the construction of a waistband to removably receive the retainer of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the retainer. y

Fig 4 is a sectional view taken on lines 4-4 of Fig. 1.

5 is a similar section taken on lines 5-5 of Fig. 1. Y

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on lines `6-6 of Fig. 3.

apertured waistband.

. Fig. 8 is a. view illustrating an apertured receiving piece adapted for attachment to a conventional waistband for receiving and securing the supporting unit of the present in- 'vention, and

Fig. 9 is a'view similar to Fig. 6 through a modified form of the retainer which utilized a supplllemental protecting and strengthening bac g piece.

In that form of the invention illustrated in Figs. l to 6, the waistband Wvof the trousers T isprovided with an elongated aperture A, the edges of which are preferably bound by suitable overcast stitchings 10.

The preferred embodiment of the invention provides, in combination with the aperture A, femalesnap buttons 11, which face inwardlyfrom the waistband and which are adapted to receive protruded heads 12 of cooperating male snap buttons 13, carried by the retainer R, whereby the buttons 11 and 13 cooperate to secure to the inner face of the waistband the leather, canvas or equivalent small fabric holster of the retainer. The center of the retainenR is apertured as at 15 to form a keyhole opening 15. The holster as shown in Fig. 6 is preferably formed of two plies of leather, canvas or equivalent strong material stitched at their edges by the stitchings 16 and similarly bound together at the edges of the aperture 15. The buttons are preferably secured by conventional riveting to serve 1n the case of buttons 13, as effective joinin units for the plies in addition to their perip eral stitchings.

Secured between the plies of the holster 14, a pinch fastener loop L is provided the ends 17 of which extend downwardly om near the top of the holster and turn inward-l ly to abut for a short longitudinal distance to provide the lower closed end 18 of the fastener loop. From abutting relation, they extend upwardly to form the circular portion of the loop, which portion is received between the plies of the holster. At the upper end ofthe circular portion, the wire of the loop forms an upwardly extending* rfduced portion 19, which extends inwardly from the edoes of the aperture 15 to provide free access for manipulations of a resilient button 20, preferably integrally formed from a. resilient anchoring tab 21. The inner end ofathe tab is apertured as at 22 to receive therethrough a securing band 23, which passes through the aperture 22 and through the lower ortion of the aperture 15. Stitchings 24 o the band serve to secure it, while secured to prevent movement o any part lthereof from the plane of the holster.

In the use of the preferred form of the invention, it will be seen that the holster is removably secured to the buttons 11 of the waistband, which are preferably formed during the -manufacture of the trousers, the aperture A 'cooperatin with the aperture 15 to permit easy manipulation of the tab 21 through the securing loop. As shown in Fig. 4, the lower portion of the shirt S is brou ht down and is folded back over the loop the button 2O of the tab 21 is then inserted through the round portion of the loop and moved upwardly to be jambed into the reduced portion 19, whereby the shirt is engaged and whereby downward stresses or strains of the trousers with respect to the shirt will'be seen to more firmly lock the head or button into the portion 19, thus to firmly secure the shirt and to prevent downward movement of the trousers.

In removal of the trousers, the aperture A of the waistband permits ready access of a finger therethrough to engage the head and move it downwardly for disengagement from the loop. By this arrangement the trousers are' effectively anchored and sustained by the shirt so that downward strain of the trousers is transmitted through. the shirt to be distributed over the neck and shoulder portions thereof, whereby direct, concentrated strain at any portion of the shirt is avoided so that even relatively flimsy material will not receive tearing strain.

is firmly The invention accordingly, in addition to edges provides for the admission of a finger to the inner side of the button in the fastening and unfastening o eration. This structure also eliminates tll'ie aperture A of the waistband and the mounting of the buttons 11 thereon, and at the same time avoids the provisionof buttons 13 of the holster. This arrangement therefore is designed for permanent attachment to the waistband and avoids the necessity for any modification whatsoever of the waistband.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 8, an apertured button receiving piece 26 is provided which may be stitched to the conventional waistband W without requiring any modification of the waistband, piece 26 serving to provide for the aperture A and the receiving buttons l1.

By reference to Fig. 9 it will be seen that a backing piece 27 may be applied to the holster after its formation as shown in Fig. 3. The piece 27 serves to protect the associated garments against contact with the exposed heads of the buttons and serves to protect and strengthen the whole assembly.

The present invention is particularly designed for use in custom made trousers, as distinct from providing an attachmentto trousers as afforded by my previous patent above. identified.- The invention accomplishes the desired avoidance of the use of belts orr Suspenders, and is inherently less expensive by minimizing the amount of material employed.

Itwill thus be seen that there is herein described an apparatus in which the several features of this invention are embodied, and which apparatus inv its action attains the va-` rious objects of the invention and is well suited to meet the requirements of practical use. l V

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departin from the scope thereof, it is intended that a l matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limf iting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. As a newarticle of manufacture, a garment support embodying an apertured holster, a fastening loop enclosed by the holster and associated with the aperture thereof, and a limber tab iexibly supported from the holster, including a button receivable through the loop for engaging a shirt between the loop and button, the button lying within said aperture when received Within the loop.

2. In combination with an apertured trouser. waistband, a trouser support including an apertured holster arranged on the.

waistband with its aperture in registration with the aperture of thewaistband, said sup-V port further including a securing loop partially extending within the aperture of the holster and a securing tab including a buttonI receivable in the loop to retain a shirt between said loop and tab.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a pair vbetween the button and loop.

4. As anew article of manufacture, a pair of trousers including a waistband, a garment support carried by the waistband and embodying an apertured holster, a fastening loop enclosed by the holster and associated `with the aperture thereof, and a limber tab flexibly supported from the holster, including a button receivable'through the loop for engaging a shirt between the button and loop.

5..' As a new article of manufacture, apair of trousers including a waistband, a garment support carried by the waistband and embodying a holster, Va .fastening loop associated with the holster, a limber tab flexibly supported from the holster, including a head receivable through the loopfor engaging a shirt between the tab and holster, and an attaching piece for the holster, permanently secured to the waistband, said piece being apertured to rovide access for manipulation -of the head tiirough the loop.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a pair of trousers including a waistband, a garment support carried by the waistband and permanently secured thereto at its lower edge, and embodying an a ertured holster, a fasteningloop enclosed y the holster and asso.

between said plies anda flexible securingl member connected with said holster and inclzluding a head receivable for fastening in said igned at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,*ths 30th day of June, A. D. 1930.

. GEZA GREENBERG. 

